Stanly County, North Carolina: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+51%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 64,6512024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,7042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lincoln County, NC · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Stanly CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Stanly County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +44.9% |
| 1896 | +47.2% |
| 1900 | +23.0% |
| 1904 | −2.7% |
| 1908 | −6.1% |
| 1912 | +47.6% |
| 1916 | +4.2% |
| 1920 | −5.8% |
| 1924 | +3.2% |
| 1928 | −21.0% |
| 1932 | +18.2% |
| 1936 | +18.0% |
| 1940 | +16.1% |
| 1944 | −5.0% |
| 1948 | −12.7% |
| 1952 | −16.7% |
| 1956 | −22.9% |
| 1960 | −14.6% |
| 1964 | −5.9% |
| 1968 | −28.5% |
| 1972 | −40.3% |
| 1976 | +2.3% |
| 1980 | −10.9% |
| 1984 | −36.2% |
| 1988 | −28.4% |
| 1992 | −15.2% |
| 1996 | −21.2% |
| 2000 | +37.2% |
| 2004 | −39.8% |
| 2008 | −36.7% |
| 2012 | −40.0% |
| 2016 | −49.7% |
| 2020 | −51.1% |
| 2024 | −50.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,881 | 27,518 | 36,714 | ||
| R | 8,129 | 25,458 | 33,939 | ||
| R | 7,094 | 21,964 | 29,917 | ||
| R | 8,431 | 19,904 | 28,717 | ||
| R | 8,878 | 19,329 | 28,506 | ||
| R | 7,650 | 17,814 | 25,553 | ||
| D | 15,548 | 7,066 | 22,818 | ||
| R | 7,131 | 11,446 | 20,333 | ||
| R | 7,735 | 11,030 | 21,664 | ||
| R | 6,627 | 11,885 | 18,532 | ||
| R | 6,138 | 13,116 | 19,289 | ||
| R | 7,784 | 9,734 | 17,846 | ||
| D | 9,262 | 8,845 | 18,187 | ||
| R | 5,218 | 12,459 | 17,972 | ||
| R | 4,199 | 9,428 | 18,333 | ||
| R | 7,931 | 8,924 | 16,855 | ||
| R | 8,259 | 11,080 | 19,339 | ||
| R | 6,693 | 10,667 | 17,360 | ||
| R | 7,202 | 10,093 | 17,295 | ||
| R | 4,415 | 5,902 | 11,674 | ||
| R | 5,499 | 6,083 | 11,582 | ||
| D | 6,321 | 4,569 | 10,890 | ||
| D | 6,505 | 4,523 | 11,028 | ||
| D | 5,785 | 3,992 | 9,826 | ||
| R | 3,000 | 4,597 | 7,597 | ||
| D | 3,832 | 3,594 | 7,476 | ||
| R | 3,843 | 4,312 | 8,155 | ||
| D | 2,110 | 1,941 | 4,060 | ||
| D | 1,702 | 105 | 3,355 | ||
| R | 1,491 | 1,685 | 3,176 | ||
| R | 1,024 | 1,080 | 2,104 | ||
| D | 1,265 | 792 | 2,057 | ||
| D | 1,425 | 511 | 1,938 | ||
| D | 1,053 | 323 | 1,626 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.9%
German
10.8%
American
7.5%
Irish
6.6%
Scottish
2.2%
Italian
1.7%
French
1.4%
African American
9.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$60,704
Stanly County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Stanly County$60,704
North Carolina$72,388
United States$80,734
Stanly County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.9%
Working age (18–64)13.3%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.0%
speak English only
Spanish4.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Stanly County, anchored by Albemarle, has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, with 2024's R+50.8 result reflecting a rural Piedmont electorate where manufacturing heritage and a predominantly white, non-college demographic profile reinforce durable partisan alignment.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-one points in 2020. The 2024 margin was fifty-one points.
A population of 64,651, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,704 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Alexander County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Stanly County, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Stanly County, North Carolina voted Republican by 50.8 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,714 votes cast, 8,881 went Democratic and 27,518 went Republican.
What is Stanly County, North Carolina's political typology?
Akashic places Stanly County, North Carolina in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 11 times, Republican 23 times, and other 0 times.
When did Stanly County, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Stanly County, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Stanly County, North Carolina?
Stanly County, North Carolina has a population of 64,651 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stanly County, North Carolina?
Median household income in Stanly County, North Carolina is $60,704 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Stanly County, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Stanly County, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.